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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color stamp used to advertise the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a crowd arriving at the fairgrounds, while a young girl in an ethnic costume... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I... |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Blatz Private Stock, a "de-alcoholized" beer brewed in Milwaukee during Prohibition. Depicts a couple picnicking near a lake and mountain... |
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| Description: | Advertisement promoting Kraft cheese as a picnic food for visitors to Kraftwood Gardens. The advertisement is on the inside back cover of A guide to Kr... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Unfolded, tri-fold, Milwaukee Brewers pocket schedule with Owgust, the "barrel man" logo, Pabst Beer ad, and County Stadium seating chart. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a hooked muskellunge leaping out of the water. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A green colored Green Bay Packers Packer Buck from the Season Ticket Campaign. |
| Date: | 03 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Green Bay Packers letterhead dated March 30th. The content of the letter is detailing a future Green Bay Packers stock drive and is sent from Lee Joannes. |
| Date: | 04 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Green Bay Packers letterhead dated April 12th. The content of the letter is addressed to "DEAR FELLOW WORKER" and details a small aspect of the Green Bay P... |
| Date: | 03 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Green Bay Packers letterhead dated March 15th. The content of the letter is about organizing a meeting to talk about and explain that year's Green Bay Pack... |
| Date: | 03 1959 |
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| Description: | A letter from Vince Lombardi to season ticket holders for the Green Bay Packers season. The schedule and ticket prices are also part of the body of the let... |
| Date: | 04 1953 |
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| Description: | A letter form Green Bay Packers president Russ Bogda addressed "Dear Packer Backer." |
| Date: | 01 1973 |
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| Description: | A wall calendar featuring the "World Famous Green Bay Packers." The calendar is advertising Hank Lefebvre's commercial photography business. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cover of a Wisconsin State Fair brochure with a drawing of a family walking together above the slogan: "A Family Affair." The title at top reads: "Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Pamphlet advertising the 1963 Jackson County Fair, which featured performances by country music stars Porter Wagoner, Del Woods, and Bonnie Sloan. |
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